fishing

Jetty Jigs

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NW Jetty Jigs are hand poured lead weights made by my friend Dave in his garage workshop and so far are available in 1/2 oz and 1 oz weights. He had asked me to create a logo for his brand featuring a rockfish because they are synonymous with the enormous rocks and vast amounts of water surging in and out with the tides between the jetties of the Lower Columbia River and elsewhere along the coast.

The stylized rockfish, limited color palette and high contrast were a design choice. I chose an orange colored species because it would contrast strongly against the camouflage hats he hopes to have embroidered with the logo.

The original painting was around 8” X 10” and was given to Dave.

My payment, a lifetime supply of Jetty Jigs.

A stylized canary rockfish painted in acrylic above the Jetty Jig logo I created in Photoshop.

Finished jigs.

New Painting - Sand Shrimp

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These creeps have been burrowing through mud flats since the supercontinent Pangea began breaking apart, and the first flowers bloomed. I can find living ones and fossilized ones within 20 miles of each other.

Mud, or sand shrimps are widely regarded as a supurb fishing bait for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon. A nightmare to keep on a hook, use an egg loop, Miracle Thread or a similar elastic thread.

My reference specimens were dug near Seaside, Oregon, taken home and photographed.

FOR SALE

9” X 14” Acrylic on Panel

Detail

Above: A Freshly dug, live shrimp, I pumped fresh from a mudflat.

Opposite: Claw parts; carpus, propodus, fixed finger and dactylus of a fossilized shrimp I found along the Columbia River.

Shrimp anatomy and natural history reference - https://depositsmag.com/2017/07/04/the-abundant-yet-understudied-fossil-record-of-ghost-shrimps/

Lingcod Reference Cast

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Molding and casting a lingcod head half cast for reference.

This ling was caught outside of Depot Bay, Oregon in June. The head was removed during filleting, cleaned and bedded in fibre. The mold was cast in paster and cast in fiberglass resin.

The finish, cleaned up with a Dremel, primed and slightly antiqued by dry brushing with acrylic paint.